It turned out wonderfully. After eating, he decided to draw, and now he’s got the first few pages of a book about fruits. Being a child who doesn’t eat any fruit except apples, I was surprised at his depth of knowledge about so many fruits! And I got to finish my lunch leisurely, including vanilla ice cream on a waffle for dessert.

Lemon, Pear & Banana so far

Need another colour …

Drawing the Watermelon

Of course, being Dylan, there had to be a train in there somewhere. This one delivers all the fruits to the stores, but not, as I had suggested, in Canada, because “Canada doesn’t have steam engines”. Oh, yes, that’s right. So we decided it was probably the Island of Sodor:

The Requisite Train Picture

And this one is for Daddy (if he can get wireless today!) Yes, that’s a chocolate smudge on Dylan’s nose (he wiped it off all by himself when we got our hot towels with the bill):

This One's For Daddy

I promised I would upload the pictures from his book when he’s finished (right now he’s got a cover page – of an apple, of course (which might end up being today’s Big Draw) – and two inside pages). And since we talked about various fruits, and will end up writing down all the names as well as putting together the book, I think this counts as homeschooling, for sure!